As soon as the expert finished speaking, Zhao Shan took a deep breath. Wow, how cruel! A top-grade jade necklace worth 20 million was devalued to nothing by them in just a few words. Taking advantage of the fact that the client seemed to be ignorant, they tried to buy it at a price 40 times lower. How is this different from robbery?
At this moment, Zhao Shan was extremely angry. The Appraisal Company dared to treat him and Wen Qianqian so blatantly, and they must have treated other customers in the same way.
He jumped up in a panic, but Wen Qianqian, who was enjoying her performance, jumped up even faster than him: "Holy crap! Are you kidding me?! We wanted to sell it for 10 million, and you only offered 500,000?"
However, the other party seemed accustomed to this and wasn't worried at all. Instead, he was very calm: "Trading doesn't mean you can just sell it for whatever you want. This is fair trading, not charity."
What a shame, they are a whole gang of liars.
Wen Qianqian was disdainful, then pretended to be furious: "It's definitely more than this price, you must be cheating us!"
The other party argued confidently, "Jewelry appraisal is all about studying quality, luster, age, origin, and workmanship."
"I've already told you, this thing of yours has impurities in it, so the quality is inferior. The gloss is affected by the quality, and the quality is not good. The place of production is also domestic, and it's not a good place of production."
"As for the workmanship," he picked up the necklace and weighed it. "It's not crude, but this kind of craftsmanship can be found everywhere. It's nothing special."
After saying that, he glanced at Wen Qianqian and Zhao Shan and said, "So, I said 500,000 is already a fair price."
He is really good at fooling people. Wen Qianqian was complaining in her heart without knowing it. If someone who didn't know the business came here and was given such a PUA by him, without even waiting for him to lower the price, she would probably think that her heirloom was worthless.
At this moment, Zhao Shan suddenly stood up, maintaining his calm image, and said to Wen Qianqian: "Baby, let's go back. They are such a rip-off." He showed that he was very dissatisfied with the Treasure Appraisal Company.
As soon as he finished speaking, the expert next to him seemed to have been prepared and immediately curled his lips: "Our treasure appraisal shop is the largest antique jewelry appraisal shop in the industry. We are the authority in the industry, don't you understand?"
After saying this, he was very confident: "I dare say that the price I give you is already a very conscientious price. Once you leave this door, you will definitely not find such a price again."
He was even a little proud: "Every business has its own rules. Do you think other people would dare to charge a higher price for the goods we have authenticated? Don't be naive!"
Zhao Shan looked furious: "Aren't you just bullying people by monopolizing the market?" But in fact, he was secretly glad that these scenes had been captured by the pinhole camera on his body, which could be used as evidence that the treasure appraisal company was disrupting the market and forcibly monopolizing the market.
The man on the other side had no idea that his every word and action had been filmed, and he remained complacent: "Anyway, the price is this, you can sell it or not!"
Zhao Shan was about to leave, but was pulled back by Wen Qianqian. She looked at him with a hint of annoyance and said, "If you don't sell it, do you have enough money to buy a house? Do you have enough money to get married?"
Zhao Shan paused, as if he was stumped: "I..."
The expert on the other side rolled his eyes, immediately guessing the conflict between the couple, and immediately said, "This lady is right, the market is not good now. Sell it as soon as possible and settle it down. You may not get the same price in the future!"
When Wen Qianqian heard this, she pretended to be anxious and looked at Zhao Shan angrily: "Look, they said it might not be worth this price in the future, so just sell it!"
Zhao Shan still seemed hesitant: "...It's too little money."
The expert opposite rolled his eyes quickly, and finally smiled slyly, seemingly generous: "Let's put it this way, we are considered the top merchants in the treasure appraisal industry, we are not short of money."
"Since you two are so sincere, I'll make an exception and offer you a price of 660,000. I hope you two can get married soon. What do you think?"
Zhao Shan hesitated, but Wen Qianqian next to him seemed to be taking action: "How about we just sell it?"
The expert immediately responded with a smile, "Miss, you're right. I've seen many people like you bring your heirlooms here for appraisal. Honestly, you don't understand this business, and you ask for millions or tens of millions. Now, 660,000 seems too little. But as an expert in the industry, I can tell you that this necklace is truly only worth this price. You're not losing out."
"Sell it, sell it!" Wen Qianqian also began to urge.
Finally, Zhao Shan nodded: "Okay then."
When the person on the other side heard this, he immediately smiled happily, pushed open the door of the private room, and quickly called the waiter to come over and handle the transaction for them.
Wen Qianqian nodded, her eyes swept across the connection of a certain interface on the necklace, and she felt relieved immediately.
The other party quickly checked the jade necklace, confirmed that there was no problem, and quickly transferred the money.
"Goodbye, both of you. I have something else to do, so I'll leave you first." After saying that, the expert smiled at Wen Qianqian and Zhao Shan, turned around and returned to the treasure appraisal room.
As soon as he entered, he took out his cell phone and started calling: "Hello? Manager, it has been appraised. It is a top-grade jadeite, without any flaws. The color and brightness are both top-notch. It is worth at least 18 million."
He didn't know what the other party said on the phone, so he repeated: "Is it possible that this is a scam?"
After saying that, he grinned, "Manager, don't worry, it's absolutely impossible. I've already tested them, and they're just two young people who know nothing about anything. They're very easy to deceive. When they heard me say this and that about the necklace, they panicked. But when they heard me raise the price a little, they immediately agreed. There's absolutely no risk."
The person on the other end seemed relieved and hung up the phone.
Outside the treasure appraisal shop, Wen Qianqian and Zhao Shan walked side by side. They did not take off their disguises immediately until they took a taxi. Then, in order to prevent being followed, they changed three cars before arriving at the police station.
Only when they actually arrived at the police station did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.
When they arrived at the police station, they saw Captain Gu approaching. He brushed past Wen Qianqian and walked over to Zhao Shan, looking puzzled. "Didn't the chief say you and Xiao Wen were out on a mission? Why are you back alone?"
Zhao Shan couldn't help but burst out laughing. He patted Wen Qianqian in front of him and turned to look at Captain Gu: "Captain Gu, isn't Qianqian right here? No way, you didn't recognize her from such a close distance?"
Wen Qianqian also leaned over, smiled, and simply took off her mask: "Captain Gu, it's me."
Captain Gu was startled. He waited until she took off her mask before recognizing her. He was a little surprised: "Xiao Wen, your disguise skills are amazing. I was so close to you, but I didn't notice it at all!"
Zhao Shan also laughed: "Captain Gu, don't mention you. I was shocked when she came out after changing her clothes. I was afraid I recognized the wrong person."
Captain Gu was amazed and thought for a moment, "Xiao Wen, next time you have time, organize a training session for our plainclothes officers on duty. Teach them how to hide themselves as much as possible so as not to be recognized."
Wen Qianqian nodded: "Okay."
Captain Gu looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late. The director is still waiting for you. You should go quickly."
"Yes, Captain!" The two responded together, and then walked towards Director You's office together.
"Knock, knock" Wen Qianqian stood at the door and knocked twice gently.
Director You's voice soon came from inside: "Please come in."
She pushed the door open and walked straight in. Zhao Shan followed her and also walked to the office door, then gently closed the door.
Director You blew on the tea in his hand, as if he had been waiting for them. "How was it? Did your visit to the treasure appraisal shop go smoothly today?"
"Thank you, Director. It went very smoothly." Wen Qianqian replied immediately.
"As long as it goes well," the director nodded and continued to ask, "How was the harvest?"
Wen Qianqian thought for a moment and reported truthfully, "After Zhao Shan and I conducted an on-site undercover investigation, we discovered that the treasure appraisal company was indeed deliberately deceiving sellers, purchasing high-priced antique jewelry at extremely low prices. They also clearly told us that the items they appraised would be difficult to circulate in the market, and that no store in the entire market would buy them at a higher price than theirs. This constitutes a malicious monopoly of the market. Because of this, they dare to bully sellers with impunity."
After that, she handed the pinhole camera and memory card to Director You: "We have video records of the entire process."
After saying that, she laughed sarcastically and said, "Director, guess how much they gave us for that necklace that was sold for 20 million at the auction?"
Director You shook his head: "Two million?"
He felt that acquiring it at one-tenth of the price was already outrageous.
Wen Qianqian shook her head: "It's even lower than that, 660,000."
"What? Say it again?" Director You was shocked on the spot, as if the treasure appraisal shop had once again refreshed the lower limit of his cognition.
Wen Qianqian spread her hands and said, "Director, you heard it right, it's 660,000."
"This is outrageous! This is simply lawless!" Director You immediately became furious. He never thought that a famous national chain store could do such a shady thing.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Wen Qianqian, feeling somewhat guilty: "Xiao Wen, don't worry, we will do everything we can to get your necklace back, otherwise you will have made a huge sacrifice."
Wen Qianqian smiled and shook her head: "That's not important. What's important is to be able to draw out the forces behind this."
Director You nodded and said, "Don't worry, the leaders in the bureau have seen everything you've done, and the forces behind it will never let it get away."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Shan: "How is it? Did the tracker move?"
Zhao Shan heard this and scanned the direction of the tracker in his hand. "Reporting to the director, we are still inside the treasure appraisal building."
Director You understood and then instructed, "From now on, you will keep an eye on the tracker and report to me everything it goes to. If there is anything wrong, report it to me immediately."
"Okay, Director!" Zhao Shan immediately replied loudly.
After saying that, he called in a deputy director in charge and told him to mobilize police forces to secretly monitor the treasure appraisal shop in the near future and listen to the next instructions. If necessary, they could immediately start to surround and seal off the shop.
After arranging everything, Wen Qianqian and Zhao Shan walked out of Director You's office together, watching the movement of the tracker as they walked.
"It moved from the second floor to the third floor. It kept moving from time to time. I felt like someone was picking it up and putting it down, as if they were observing the necklace carefully!" Zhao Shan observed and analyzed carefully.
"They will definitely move it," Wen Qianqian smiled. "After all, they're not stupid. How could they just leave such an expensive necklace on the second floor?"
She thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the person in charge of their store is personally inspecting the goods at this time."
"Maybe everyone in their business is having a big dinner to celebrate today. After all, they only spent 660,000 to acquire a necklace worth 20 million. It's a huge profit."
Zhao Shan was furious again after hearing this: "If it weren't for the evidence, I really wanted to punch him. How could there be such a greedy person in the world?"
Wen Qianqian smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, we've already captured the evidence. Their crimes of fraud and monopoly have been proven, no matter what. The next step is to bring the person in charge of their store to justice. They won't be able to keep their arrogance for much longer."
Only then did Zhao Shan feel relieved.
Another day passed, and when Zhao Shan was reading some materials, he discovered that the tracker in his phone suddenly started moving.
"Qianqian, Qianqian, come here quickly!" Zhao Shan shouted loudly.
When Wen Qianqian came over, she saw that the cursor on the phone was jumping all the time, at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour, and the route was heading towards the suburbs.
She glanced at it and immediately said to Zhao Shan, "Wait here for a moment. I'll ask the director for a car right away."
After saying that, he hurried to Director You's office.
At this time, Director You was sitting in his office with a stack of information at his side. In the middle was a piece of paper with a picture of a short-range gun drawn on it. The model and parameters of the gun were marked on the picture.
After seeing this, she couldn't help but ask: "Director, have you found the gun that injured Pei You?"
Director You shook his head. "No, those guys were too cunning. They only showed their true colors once. And that night, we checked every surveillance camera we could find, but we still couldn't find any useful information."
After saying that, he pulled out a picture of a gun from the pile of information. "However, based on the on-site survey and Pei You's description, it should be similar to this model. But it's not clear whether it's original or modified by them."
Wen Qianqian thought about it, but was still puzzled: "The country has such strict gun control, where did they get them from?"
Director You shook his head: "This is also what I have never been able to figure out."
He looked at Wen Qianqian and said, "Xiao Wen, come find me now. Is there any movement from the tracker?"
Wen Qianqian nodded. "Yes, Chief. We just discovered that the tracker is traveling towards the outskirts of the city at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Judging from the route and speed limit, it bypasses many restricted passages in the city. Plus, it's not moving fast, so it seems to be a truck."
"So, I'd like to ask you to let me take a few people to take a look first."
"Okay!" Director You understood the urgency of the situation and immediately agreed. "Take Zhao Shan with you, and then pick two other people to go with you. Go check out the situation first. If there are any other problems, call me immediately and the bureau will send someone over as quickly as possible."
"Thank you, Director!" Wen Qianqian immediately expressed her gratitude and once again felt the warmth and strength of the organization.
After applying, she called Zhao Shan, and then called the two newcomers who had been on the mission together last time, and the four of them quickly got into the car.
The car was driven by Zhao Shan, and Wen Qianqian took his mobile phone and took over to check the position of the cursor.
She carefully watched the direction the cursor was moving, then calmly determined, "It's heading towards Linming Road in the suburbs."
After saying that, she pointed at the navigation: "Take the small road and then cross from Lin Qing Road. You will catch up soon."
"Okay," Zhao Shan responded enthusiastically, "Everyone hold on tight, we're taking off now!"
After saying that, he rushed out at a very fast speed.
The middle part of the road was a small road and there were not many people, so the driving was very smooth. When driving on urban roads, police cars do not have to follow traffic lights when performing their duties, so the journey was very smooth, and soon they caught up with the police on Linming Road.
The closer she got, the stranger feeling she had, and the stronger her premonition became. Thinking of this, she simply took out the map to look at it.
As expected, according to the map, this location is very close to the mountain where Pei You was injured.
While looking at the map, she glanced at the environment outside the window and thought rapidly in her mind.
At this time, their car had followed the car in front into a dense forest area. Judging from the cursor, it was about 300 meters away from them, following slowly.
"Damn, what kind of crappy place is this? Why are there mountains and dense forests?" Zhao Shan couldn't help complaining as the road became more difficult to walk on as he went further back.
The newcomer behind said seriously, "Brother Zhao, I heard our mission this time is to recover antique jewelry. So why don't we hide these things somewhere out in the wilderness? Are we still keeping them in the city center?"
Wen Qianqian couldn't help but smile: "You see, even newbies understand the truth."
When the newcomer Xiao Wang heard her praising him, he immediately responded, "Captain Wen is the real mentor!"
"Hey, hey, hey, you guy, you've only been here for a few days and you've already started to flatter me?" Zhao Shan yelled in dissatisfaction.
The newcomer was very persistent: "I'm not flattering, I'm serious!"
Zhao Shan became even more depressed: "You..."
Wen Qianqian raised the corner of her mouth: "Okay, drive carefully."
Only then did Zhao Shan shut up silently.
The car continued driving towards the dense forest for ten minutes. Wen Qianqian kept staring at the cursor, but suddenly noticed it stopped moving. She immediately straightened her face and said, "Everyone, pay attention! The target car has stopped at 9 o'clock ahead."
After saying that, she quickly checked the map, trying to find a suitable observation point.
If she was too far away, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to see them; if she was too close, she was afraid she would be discovered. Fortunately, this place was in the mountains, and she soon found a small hill with a slight elevation. She could hide behind the hill and observe them from above.
Thinking of this, she pointed at the map and said to Zhao Shan, "Drive here."
Zhao Shan was also very helpful. He immediately changed direction and drove towards the hillside at a high speed.
Several people quickly reached the top of the hillside. Wen Qianqian observed the surrounding situation in the car and gave an order: "You two stay in the car and wait for my news."
Then he looked at Zhao Shan and said, "Come with me, take the telescope and go out to take a look."
"Got it!" Several people replied in unison.
The next second, Wen Qianqian and Zhao Shan took the telescope and quietly sneaked to the top of the hillside, then found a suitable cover, and lay down beside it to look down.
They arrived at the perfect time and saw a small truck parked on a flat ground. After a while, a hole suddenly opened up in the ground, and then a five-meter-wide underground passage appeared, leading to the bottom.
"Damn, they actually dug a tunnel here! And it's hidden so well!" Zhao Shan was stunned. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that such a seemingly flat lawn could have such a wide underground passage.
When the car stopped, more than ten workers suddenly emerged from the underground passage and surrounded the truck.
Wen Qianqian opened her eyes wide and saw that all the goods in the truck had been packed and divided into boxes. When the workers arrived, they asked them to carry two boxes each.
"Hurry up! Move it quickly!" Even at a not-so-close distance, one could faintly hear roars from below: "Everyone, be careful. If anything in there is broken, you won't be able to pay for it with your lives!" A man who looked like a foreman shouted loudly.
She looked at the foreman carefully through the telescope. Although he was wearing a mask, he still gave her a sense of familiarity. She was sure that she must have seen him somewhere.
Zhao Shan carried a pinhole camera with him, but the range of the pinhole camera was limited, so he simply used his mobile phone to record.
After about ten minutes, all the boxes on the truck were moved into the underground warehouse, the warehouse door was closed again, and the truck drove away immediately.
If you hadn't witnessed it with your own eyes, no one would have thought that in this dense forest area in the mountains, someone had built an underground warehouse that looked quite large. It was very hidden and it would have been impossible to find this place if there was no one leading the way.
Even if someone happens to be playing around, no one will notice as long as the warehouse door is not opened.
It was done so covertly.
"Damn, how come I can't see anything after entering?" Zhao Shan complained.
Wen Qianqian carefully recalled the foreman's eyes in her mind. She closed her eyes and recalled for a long time, and suddenly thought of someone, the project manager next to Qin Shen.
Thinking of this, she closed her eyes again and searched her mind again.
After a moment, she suddenly opened her eyes.
She remembered that she had never seen the person next to Qin Shen, but the original owner had seen him before, so he left a faint impression in her mind.
The Qin Group originally engaged in real estate-related businesses. I remember that the original owner once went to a tourism development zone under construction to find Qin Shen, and met the project manager next to him.
At that time, the original owner also heard Qin Shen complaining to the project manager: "Fuck, the tourism development project in the forest area was originally approved by the higher-ups, but when they dug up the ancient tombs, they immediately terminated the project. Fuck!"
Thinking of this sentence, Wen Qianqian suddenly understood.
She patted Zhao Shan beside her and asked, "Where is the topographic map?"
Zhao Shan was puzzled: "Haven't we followed him all the way here? Why do we need a topographic map?"
Wen Qianqian didn't have time to explain: "Give it to me quickly, I need it urgently."
Zhao Shan immediately handed over the topographic map and looked at her curiously. After she took the map, she immediately looked up at the mountain in front of her, then quickly took out a pen and started drawing on the map.
"Qianqian, what are you drawing?" Zhao Shan couldn't help but ask.
Wen Qianqian was too focused at the moment. Using the information she already knew, she quickly calculated. After everything was done, she remembered something and asked Zhao Shan, "Where is the tracker?"
The advantage of the most advanced tracker is that it can still transmit signals on its own even in places like underground where there is almost no signal.
Zhao Shan immediately pulled out his phone to check. He was shocked when he saw it. "Holy crap! The tracker is about 300 meters away from the door. How big is this place?"
After hearing Zhao Shan's answer, she became more certain of her thoughts.
If she guessed correctly, this should have been a huge ancient tomb, which was then used by someone and dug up to form a warehouse.
The other end of the warehouse led to the mountainous area. She looked at the map and found that it was only seven or eight hundred meters away from where Pei You was injured. This could explain why the police could not find the whereabouts of the tomb robbers on the other side of the mountain, because they might have escaped from this side of the mountain through the underground warehouse.
In addition, from the current perspective, there are workers in the warehouse, and there may be drinking water, food, and even accommodation. The tomb robbers may stay in the warehouse for a day, change clothes, and then escape from the other side, of course without anyone noticing.
As she thought about it, she looked at the topographic map, calculated the surrounding distance, and then said to Zhao Shan, "I think this passage is at least 600 meters long. The width and depth are unknown, and there should be two exits."
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